European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday August 17, 1978 Job was abolished Gen. Walker to retire instead of demotion pay his by Robert Kaylo Washington up Gen. Sam s. Walker s3. The army s youngest four Star officer will retire rather than accept a one Star demotion required because his Job was abolished officials said tuesday. But Walker Hill wait until oct. 1. When a a raise goes into effect that could boosts yearly pension beyond the nearly $38,000 he would get by retiring immediately. Walker had served since last year in the nato Post of commander of Allied land forces in Southeastern Europe at Izmir. Turkey. The Post has traditionally been held Byan american officer but Walker was re placed by turkish Gen. Vecihi Akin june 30 As an apparent result of ill feeling Over the . Embargo against arms shipments to Turkey. The move left the army with Only nine openings for four Star generals. Since june Walker has been assigned to a holding � detachment with his duty station listed As fort Sam Houston in san Antonio Texas. Pentagon sources said he has no real us at the Post which is the closest army base to his Home at Belton Texas. The Pentagon announced tuesday that " tent Carter had approved. Walker s action for retirement and said he1 leave the service oct. 1.spokesman said he would remain oni Rolls at a salary of $3,958 monthly for or two months because it would prob take that Long for the Senate to court his retirement. Sources noted however that oct. 1 will be one Day past the end of the fiscal year. On sept. 30, and that a pay raise of As yet undetermined size is scheduled to go into on the first Day of the new fiscal How that would affect Walker s pension not certain. Officers can choose from1 dates in computing pension Bene Gen. Sam  fits in order to take the Best advantage from Cost of living increases. But sources said the oct. 1 Date would give the general one More option in Figur ing the largest possible pension. Official sources said Walker who was promoted to full general when he moved to Turkey and is the most recent army offi cer to be elevated to that rank had been offered a staff Job in Europe at the lower rank of lieutenant general. They said he turned it Down. A1946 West Point graduate who had held a number of Choice assignments Walker would have been several years away from mandatory retirement at three Star rank and could have been considered for promo Tion to full general again. Anta Barbara county made emergency area Santa Barbara Calif. A  g. Brownjr. Has declared a state of emergency in Santa Barbara county where damage estimates from sunday s earthquake have climbed to More than $12million. Brown acting on a request for state Aid Flynt claims names of 4 in Juk slaying Columbus Ohio a Hustler mag Azine Wio identify four people said to Beer Vohrer in former president John f. Kennedy s a nomination and will Divide $1 million among the informants who provided the information Magazine owner Larry Flynt says. One of the four people involved in the assassination is still alive. Flynt said tues Day. He said Lee Harvey Oswald was an other of the four and was meant to be the fall  we got vital information from More than Ope  he said As a result of the$1 million Reward offer. The Reward will be paid around the first of the year and will be divided among several persons Flynt said. He would not name the informants but said he would when the payments remade. The information will be published in a series in the october november and de Cember issues of Hustler be said. From the Santa Barbara county Board of supervisors said tuesday that conditions of extreme peril existed in the area the supervisors had declared the county local disaster area monday. Brown said a team of state official would further assess the damage most of which was reported at the University of California Campus. Local officials Esti mate total losses of More than to million.seventy4wo persons have sought treat ment at county hospitals for quake relate injuries nearly All of them major the red Cross said. As Many As 200 aftershocks have rippled through the area since the sunday after noon quake which registered 5.1 on the Lunter scale. Meanwhile the . Coast guard reported increased Oil rising from natural Petro Taj seepage areas off Santa Barbara beaches. A Klaus Adie said there was no App Hal damage to the area s Many off Shore Oil platforms but added that coastguard sur Vallance will continue through the end of the month. East germans live longer Berlin a East germans Are now Vang at Lea four years Long the did in 1955, the party Newmayer deutschland said men below steam be age of 74 a red no in 1955, and men to an average Geof us from 65 in 1955, the newspaper Sakl p stateside employees sue a for alleged rights Violet Lakewood Colo. Up veterans administration employees forced to re move cartoons from their office Walls be cause they were critical of the Carter administration Are suing the a for allegedly infringing on their Freedom of  c. Mcgurran an american federation of government employees local Union Steward monday said officials at the a s regional office told move the posters or face an Mand. He said in other cases. Ripped Down some of the Portier Mcgurran said the disputed when the Union distributed a during the next 200 countries will reach a lation level at which i then occur in n Cne tron isaid.,4 the United states will my reach this level at 276 report said. Pos show Kennedy up Carter Way a new York up two new Public opinion surveys run out of new York show the political Stock of sea. Edward m. Ken Nedy d-mass., rising to new Heights while president Carter s has dwindled by 31 percentage Points since this time last year. An Abc new Flarris poll indicated car Ter s popularity Bow is in the red by a Nega Tive response of 69-30 percent. A time Magazine poll indicated Kennedy finally has lived Down the Chap Paunu Dick scandal and is being tooted for the White Hornby a Pat Rahti  the poll a for that i search firm of " while indicated that to i this week Kennedy wad Aid Ford by a Rath at of Lucent Bat that Carter fordbymargtal44l�hvi and Deitte repeated Nedy that be will a Bra  Washington a the . Trea the Treasury began a series of six aug sons in May to show it was serious to reducing the . Trade deficit and to move to Eto International monetary role . Treasury Sells 10 tons of Gold Cutie of previous sates this year the of i $180.38 on Ain tus.18 dollars a month of a also scheduled in is in the auction collected 184.1 million. 1 Cess Ful bidders out of prices ranged from i ounce. 1974t inlrtisl8ol?,. To december. Drescoe touff "1974. Gold was sold at $165 per ounce. In Many Whichel Dfora w. A. Firm moving because of exp Orfi is is set a. Mtotteceubvnmnw.1" of Ine . Of Osier a kit i. Nur Mir i i says the dirt a ring presents at Zard to workers hat that sure is unacceptable. Thorium itself is a were contained la which a zirconium Albur